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Chapter 10 - Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

from Section IV - Neoplastic Disorders of Bone Marrow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2024

By
Bradford Siegele
Edited by
Xiayuan Liang ,
Bradford Siegele  and
Jennifer Picarsic
Xiayuan Liang
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Bradford Siegele
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Jennifer Picarsic
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medicine Center
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Summary

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a clonal myelomonocytic neoplasm of childhood with prominent granulocytic and monocytic proliferation, characteristically driven by RAS-pathway gene mutations. (See Table 10.1.)

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Pediatric Pathology of Hematopoietic and Histiocytic Disorders , pp. 121 - 125
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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